Birth to TT - how much have you spent on cloth?

Honest figures please ladies, I know it "can" be cheaper, but once you tried a few brands, bought some extra cute designs, inserts, liners, covers, spares for when it rains for days and days and you can't get them all dry etc etc. How much would you think you have really spent from when your bub was born (or went into cloth) to when they were out of nappies?

I know that the 'value' goes up a lot when used for more than 1 bub, but at this stage I'll be assuming they'll be used for just 1.

Birth to TT - how much have you spent on cloth?

If you actually need value and to save money than cute designs etc are irrelevant and a couple hundred ($200) on quality terry cloth will do multiple children from birth to TT.
I have bought a few mcns on clearance, they are cute & easy for days out but I prefer terry cloth flats for ease of use, value, drying time and also, they work better!

Thanks for the range of replies. Cost is only one consideration for me but the easiest to start with. I know it can be really cheap, but I don't know if for me - and my love of shopping - it will be really cheap.

I couldn't use cloth with DD as we planned (and did) travel with her from 6-18 months so they weren't a suitable option. I did however, do early potty learning with her which meant I used significantly less nappies than "normal" and she was fully day TT by 21 months. I'd calculate the spend on nappies (excluding night nappies after she was day trained) at around $1000-1500 (bit hard due to being in so many different countries/exchange rates in that time). To do early potty again I think MCNs will be the go as you need nappies you can take on and off really easily and I don't fancy having to refold the terry flat every time a pottytunity comes up.

Another big factor is that we are on tank water. We've only just moved in but I know the last family here would run out and have to pay to have water trucked in every summer - and they were using 'sposies!

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